I have this really strange head-cannon that Tony unwittingly gets invention ideas from Peter.
Like, Peter is over at the New Avenger’s facility one day and goes to turn on his bluetooth headphones. But they immediately die. So he gets pissy.
Peter: Oh my god, are you serious!?
Tony: What’s up, squirt?
Peter: My headphones are dead. Ugh, they’re going to take like, an hour to charge. I seriously need insta-charge for these things.
And of course Tony is just like…
Tony: …I can make that. Easy.
And then he ends up making the product and patenting it in like, a day. But he doesn’t care about the revenue it brings in so he tells Pepper to throw it in a savings account for Peter’s college.
“I never would’ve thought that he, of all people, could possibly forget.”
@imaginative-ink‘s headcanon about Saix’s motives made me think of a very angsty idea, and while I hardly ever draw angst, this one had to be kicked out of my system as quickly as possible. So there. Share my hurt.
So in this AU, Saix tries to save Axel from being norted- but fails. He’s still fully aware of the plan in motion, but is quite helpless as he sees his best friend slipping further and further away with each day that passes. He ends up being the babysitter/dadfriend/caretaker in the seasalt trio instead of Axel, when the time comes.
Saix is devastated and full of guilt, but also more open about the past- he knows the consequences of keeping everything to himself, but also cautious to not risk his value as an Organization member. He swears to never lose anyone again, and takes it upon himself to protect the children, knowing fully well that his best friend would do the same if he was in his right mind.